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We are staying on adjusted level three — Ramaphosa

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Although South Africa’s variant of Covid-19 does not cause more severe illness, the country, according to the president, must be ‘diligent, vigilant and compliant’
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Tighter Covid restrictions for N. Mandela Bay — other hotspots may follow

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With the number of cases spiralling out of control in hotspots in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, longer curfews and restrictions on alcohol sales are being implemented
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Restaurants and taverns traded in alcohol despite the bans

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An entirely new supply chain has now been created, and of course it’s untaxed
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SA must fix its ‘dop system’

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The Covid-19 lockdown has exposed the effects of South Africa’s weak alcohol regulations. Government and health campaigners want tougher policies, but the liquor giants are pushing back
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Level one loading: Almost back to normal

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President Cyril Ramaphosa announces South Africa will move to level one of lockdown on September 20 after nearly six months of restrictions on movement, trade, learning and socialising
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‘Jobs vs health’: What will shape public-health policies after Covid-19?

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Comorbidities, particularly noncommunicable diseases have been put into the spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic. How we approach preventing NCDs in the future will depend on how the effects of the coronavirus are framed
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South Africa goes to Covid-19 level 2 on Monday

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President Ramaphosa drops most of the restrictions that have been in place for the last five months, citing ‘signs of hope’
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The glass is half empty

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The ban on alcohol sales does not only affect liquor companies — it ripples lethally through other related businesses such as the bottle and packaging industry, which, if it closed, would mean job losses
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Schools to close for a month due to Covid infection surge — Ramaphosa

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The academic year will extend into 2021 in a ‘deliberately cautious approach’ as president confirms South Africa has world’s fifth-highest Covid-19 infection tally
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It’s not a case of jobs or lives. Jobs are lives

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Starvation is driving the spread of the coronavirus and the government needs to let people work and create jobs
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Invest in children to give them a better world

Environment -
This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
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Africa watches as South Africa falls off the wagon

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The sale of alcohol was banned during levels 5 and 4 of the lockdown but other African governments have struggled to enforce this restriction
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The tobacco sales ban is a giant stimulus package for organised crime

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We should learn from history that prohibitions tend not to work, even if the intention is good
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Lockdown syndrome: The latest fallout from the Covid-19 crisis

Article -
Is this “syndrome” another symptom that the lockdown has made us all a little bit crazy? Is it a symbol that we all just need to get a grip on it?
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Tobacco and a tipple gave comfort during times of war

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Allied forces in the two world wars were provided with cigarettes. The anti-smoking Nazis used taxes on tobacco to help fill Germany’s depleted coffers
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